ShareTweet VATF-1, Fairfax County’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Originally requested on Sunday afternoon, October 28th to assemble at the
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ShareTweet Thanks to faithful reader Billy Sullivan for alerting us to a mutual-aid project that goes beyond state lines: the donation to extrication tools from Virginia to Alabama. Billy and
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ShareTweet VAFireNews.com has continued to grow this year. The site continues to feed off of content sent in by the readers and firefighters of the great State of Virginia. Please
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ShareTweet Daily911Deals.com is a collective buying site geared towards the fire service, emergency medical services, and law enforcement. Read on below for the full press release. All you have to
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ShareTweet by VAFireNews.com Editor Rhett Fleitz On Tuesday, Roanoke (City) firefighters responded to a structure fire in the NW area of the City. The building was a large single family
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ShareTweet Virginia Task Force 1 Mobilized Virginia Task Force 1 (VATF-1), Fairfax County’s urban search and rescue team was mobilized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Friday,
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ShareTweet The Dooms Vol. Fire Company of Waynesboro, Va. recently took delivery of their new Slagle “MidshipBrushmaster†unit. The fire department supplied 2011 Ford F550 Extended cab and chassis is
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ShareTweet Sunday, January 31, Roanoke City Firefighters responded to a house fire on Tillet Drive in Southwest. Off-duty Firefighter Drew Abel captured these photos. Ladder 7, Ladder 1, Engine 1,
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ShareTweet Accidental Two-Alarm Springfield Townhouse Fire Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a townhouse fire, Saturday, January 22, 2011, at approximately 7:55 a.m. in the Springfield area
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ShareTweet These photos are from a vehicle fire at the Albemarle County Office Building (ACOB) this morning. From Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles L. Werner: The fire involved gasoline and the
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ShareTweet This Saturday is the 8th annual Guns & Hoses Charity Hockey Game in Roanoke. For the first time in many years, I will be unable to attend. My son
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ShareTweet Shortly before noon on Sunday several storage units at the Public Storage facility at 2921 Centreville Road in Herndon caught on fire. No injuries have been reported. Continue Reading…(source)
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ShareTweet WAYNESBORO — Former Waynesboro Fire Chief Harvey L. Kelley is due in court today in a case stemming from a child pornography investigation out of New Jersey. The city’s
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ShareTweet InsideNova.com: MANASSAS, Va. – It just wasn’t working. The first City of Manassas combined fire and rescue chief/emergency management coordinator is quitting. Mike Wood sent the resignation letter to
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ShareTweet The Port Royal Volunteer Fire Department (Caroline County) is donating an ambulance to the Nicol VFD in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Several other departments are donating items as well. If you
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